THE EXPERIENCES AND VIEWS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER: A NEW ZEALAND APPROACH

THE EXPERIENCES AND VIEWS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER: A NEW ZEALAND APPROACH

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Contents

Foreword

Abstract

Acknowledgments

List of Tables

List of Figures

Chapter One: Introduction

1.1. Background

1.2. Structure of This Chapter

1.3. Key Concepts Defined

1.4. Study Question and Rationale

1.5. Objective of the Topic

1.6. Methodological Overview

1.7. Self-Reflexivity

1.8. Disability in New Zealand

1.9. Age of Consent in New Zealand

1.10. Overview of the Medical Language of Disability and Its Location

Chapter Two: Literature Review

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Original Description of Conditions and Terms Used

2.3. Difficulties in Diagnosis of the Disorder

2.4. History of the Disorder

2.5. The Disorder

2.6. Cognitive and Behavioural Functioning in Individuals with FASD

2.7. Neurological Characteristics of Individuals with pFAS and ARND

2.8. Cost of the Disorder

2.9. Alcohol and the Disorder

2.10. Risk

2.11. How Much Alcohol?

2.12. Drinking Behaviours

2.13. Incidence and Prevalence

Chapter Three: Conceptual Framework

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Conceptual Framework

3.3. Research Paradigm

3.4. Theory

3.5. Meta-Theory

3.6. Pragmatism

3.7. Transcendental Phenomenology

3.8. Classic Grounded Theory

3.9. Epistemological and Ontological Issues

3.10. Grand Theory

Chapter Four: Methodology and Methods

4.1. Methodology

4.2. Methods

Chapter Five: Results

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Participants’ Profiles

5.3. The Findings and Conceptual Hypotheses

Chapter Six: Discussion

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Phases One and Two – Compared and Contrasted

6.3. General Debate

Chapter Seven: Conclusion

References

Appendices

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Appendix E

Appendix F

Appendix G

Appendix H

Appendix I

Appendix J

Appendix K

Glossary

Methods of Diagnosis of Facial Abnormalities

Epilogue

Author Contact Information

Index